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Walker and Innerebner Named First Team Academic All-Big 12 for Men's Tennis
April 22, 2003 DALLAS - The Big 12 Conference takes great pleasure in honoring 63 student-athletes who have been named to the 2003 Women's and Men's Tennis Academic All-Big 12 teams, the conference office announced Tuesday. Texas Tech's John Walker and Michael Innerebner were named to the first team. Special recognition goes to seven student-athletes who were nominated with a 4.00 grade point average, either cumulative or over the two previous semesters. On the women's side these student-athletes are Linda Faltynkova of Oklahoma State, Barbara Schraml of Texas Tech, Paige Brown of Kansas and Jessica Braver and Bethany Griffin of Oklahoma. The men's 4.00 student-athletes include Texas A&M's Ante Matijevic and Oklahoma's Alex Nomicos. Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the tennis academic all-league squads consisted of 52 first-team members combined with 11 on the second-team. First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better grade-point average, while the second-team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA. To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 grade point average or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of her/his team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are eligible. Many of these student-athletes will compete at the seventh annual Big 12 Conference Women's and Men's Tennis Tournament, Thursday-Sunday at the Plaza Tennis Center in Kansas City, Mo. The regular-season winners are declared Big 12 men's and women's tennis champions, while the tourney winner is expected to receive first consideration for the conference's automatic bids in the NCAA tournaments. The defending men's tournament champion Baylor won the regular season tennis title this season, posting a perfect 7-0 record in the Big 12. In women's action, the Lady Bears and the Texas A&M women recorded a 9-2 conference mark during 2003 for a share of the women's championship. Baylor will be the No. 1 women's seed at the tournament later this week. Historically, on the men's side three different teams have been crowned Big 12 Tournament champions. Up until last year, the trophy alternated between Texas and Texas A&M, but Baylor ended that streak in winning their first tournament title. The Aggies own the most tourney championships with three. The BU men have captured three of the last four league regular season titles. The Longhorn women have dominated the conference scene since the Big 12's inagural season in 1997. Prior to 2003, they had won the previous six regular season championships and tournaments. Complete results for the Big 12 Tennis Tournament will be available on the league's web site, www.big12sports.com. 2003 WOMEN'S TENNIS ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAM
FIRST TEAM (3.20-PLUS GRADE POINT AVERAGE; *INDICATES NOMINATED WITH A 4.00 GPA) Name, School Class Major Hometown Vida Mulec, Baylor Sr. Finance & International Business Maribor, Slovenia Alison Bradley, Baylor Jr. Business Dallas, Texas Tara Goedjen, Iowa State Sr. Marketing Muscle Shoals, Ala. Kristin Gyaki, Iowa State Sr. Communications Calgary, Canada Courtney Leese, Iowa State Sr. Marketing Atlanta, Ga. Sabrina Evers, Iowa State Jr. Dietetics Waddinxveen, Holland Petra Sedlmajerova, Kansas St. Sr. Marketing & International Business Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic Paulina Castillejos, Kansas St. Jr. Management Information Systems Puebla, Mexico Andrea Cooper, Kansas State So. Kinesiology Felixstowe, Suffolk England Maria Rosenberg, Kansas State So. German/Graphic Design Manhattan, Kan. *Linda Faltynkova, Oklahoma St. Sr. Secondary Education Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic Ines Furtmayr, Oklahoma State Sr. International Business Uffing, Geremany Gorana Marsic, Oklahoma State Jr. Art Auckland, New Zealand Ashley Hedberg, Texas A&M Sr. Economics Austin, Texas Roberta Spencer, Texas A&M Jr. Biomedical Science Davie, Fla. *Barbara Schraml, Texas Tech Sr. Cellular and Molecular Biology Linz, Austria Kendall Brooks, Texas Tech Jr. Exercise & Sport Science Corpus Christi, Texas Dana Giles, Texas Tech Jr. Exercise & Sport Science Midland, Texas Dominique Lemperle, Colorado Sr. Communications - Graduate Braunschweig, Germany Morgan Sall, Colorado Jr. Economics Miami, Fla. Kim Lorenz, Kansas Sr. Journalism Omaha, Neb. *Paige Brown, Kansas So. Elementary Education Amarillo, Texas Urska Juric, Missouri Jr. Undeclared Business Placar, Slovenia Lucie Ruskova, Missouri So. Undeclared Business Prague, Czech Republic Stacey Tomkiewicz, Nebraska Sr. Exercise Science Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Rebecca Harvey, Nebraska Jr. Political Science San Diego, Calif. Gitte Ostermann, Nebraska So. Advertising Luneberg, Germany Annette Bryntesson, Oklahoma Sr. Public Relations Perth, Australia Joni Helleland, Oklahoma Sr. Management Ada, Okla. Melissa Mendieta, Oklahoma Sr. Management Information Systems San Jose, Costa Rica Anda Perianu, Oklahoma Jr. Pre-Health & Sport Sciences Braila, Romania Elena Jirnova, Oklahoma Sr. Management Information Systems Kiev, Ukraine *Jessica Braver, Oklahoma So. University Studies Edmond, Okla. *Bethany Griffin, Oklahoma So. University Studies Amarillo, Texas Ziva Grasic, Texas Sr. Economics Ljubljana, Slovenia
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